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Weaving Complementary Knowledge Systems and Mindfulness to Educate a Literate Citizenry for Sustainable and Healthy Lives

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Editors:
  1. Małgorzata Powietrzyńska

    1. SUNY Brooklyn EOC, USA

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  2. Kenneth Tobin

    1. The Graduate Center of CUNY, USA

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  • The book addresses mindfulness and wellness in a variety of contexts involving educating all citizens, from birth through death, to improve lifestyles and maintain wellness.
  • Twenty-four chapters, authored by 33 scholars from 9 countries, address mindfulness, meditation, contemplative inquiry, and complementary approaches to wellness.
  • This volume is an ideal reference for scholars, a resource for educators in schools and museums, a text for graduate students, and an invaluable guide for complementary medical practitioners.

Part of the book series: Bold Visions in Educational Research (BVER)

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Table of contents (24 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-vi
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  2. Researching Mindfulness and Wellness

    • Kenneth Tobin
    Pages 1-18

  3. Mindfulness in Education

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 19-19
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    2. Recalibration of Mindfulness for Education

      • Heesoon Bai, Michelle Beatch, David Chang, Avraham Cohen
      Pages 21-40

    3. The Gift of the Present

      • XicotÉncatl martÍnez Ruiz
      Pages 41-56

    4. Awakening Mindfulness in Science Education

      • Olga Calderón
      Pages 57-78

    5. Dynamics of Mindfulness for Purposeful Living

      • Jambay Lhamo, Karma Gayphel, Sonam Rinchen, Sonam Daker
      Pages 79-87

    6. Mindfulness

      • David Genovese
      Pages 89-96

    7. Issues in Engaging Mindfulness in Science Education

      • Carolina Castano Rodriguez
      Pages 97-107

    8. Mindfulness in Teacher Education

      • Linda Noble, Małgorzata Powietrzyńska
      Pages 109-129

    9. In Search of Mindfulness

      • Ewa Dębska
      Pages 131-143

    10. Mindfulness and Neoliberal Education

      • David Forbes
      Pages 145-158

    11. Mindfulness and Place-Based Education in Buddhist-Oriented Schools in Thailand

      • Rojjana Klechaya, George Glasson
      Pages 159-170

    12. Drawing Attention

      • Cristina A. Trowbridge
      Pages 171-183

    13. A Mindful Inquiry into Reductionism in Mathematics Education

      • Bal Chandra Luitel
      Pages 185-211

  4. Mindfulness and Wellness

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 213-213
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    2. Mindfulness and Sexual Wellness

      • Konstantinos Alexakos
      Pages 215-234

    3. Of two Minds

      • Peter Waldman
      Pages 235-252

    4. The Importance of Being Upside-Down

      • Kiat Hui Khng
      Pages 253-263

    5. Jin Shin Jyutsu and Our Hands

      • Maria Miniello
      Pages 265-289
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About this book

Weaving Complementary Knowledge System and Mindfulness to Educate a Literate Citizenry for Sustainable and Healthy Lives contains 24 chapters written by 33 authors, from 9 countries. The book, which consists of two sections on mindfulness in education and wellness, is intended for a broad audience of educators, researchers, and complementary medicine practitioners. Members of the general public may find appeal and relevance in chapters that advocate transformation in a number of spheres, including K-12 schools, museums, universities, counselling, and everyday lifestyles. Innovative approaches to education, involving meditation and mindfulness, produce numerous advantages for participants in schools, museums, and a variety of self-help contexts of everyday life. In several striking examples, critical stances address a band wagon approach to the application of mindfulness, often by for-profit companies, to purportedly improve quality of education, in contexts where learning has been commodified and ideologies such as neoliberalism have been mandated by politicians and implemented by policy makers. In different international contexts, Buddhist roots of mindfulness are critically reviewed by a number of authors. Chapters on wellness focus on complementary practices, including art therapy, Jin Shin Jyutsu, Iridology, and yoga. Foci in the wellness section include sexual health, prescription drug addiction, obesity, diabetes, cancer, and a variety of common ailments that can be addressed using complementary medicine. New theories, such a polyvagal theory, provide scope for people to become aware of their bodies in different ways and maintain wellbeing through changes in lifestyle, heightened self-awareness, and self-help.

Editors and Affiliations

  • SUNY Brooklyn EOC, USA

    Małgorzata Powietrzyńska

  • The Graduate Center of CUNY, USA

    Kenneth Tobin

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Weaving Complementary Knowledge Systems and Mindfulness to Educate a Literate Citizenry for Sustainable and Healthy Lives

  • Editors: Małgorzata Powietrzyńska, Kenneth Tobin

  • Series Title: Bold Visions in Educational Research

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6351-182-7

  • Publisher: SensePublishers Rotterdam

  • eBook Packages: Education, Education (R0)

  • Copyright Information: SensePublishers-Rotterdam, The Netherlands 2017

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-6351-182-7Published: 14 November 2017

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: CDXVIII, 6

  • Topics: Education, general

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